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by system1988
Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:31 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: 22 FOTOS
Replies: 14
Views: 7635

Re: 22 FOTOS

Thank you very much Alexias.I think you said once that the site can be translated in english or am i wrong? so many can understand .
by system1988
Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:57 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: 22 FOTOS
Replies: 14
Views: 7635

22 FOTOS

Lifo. gr 22 amazing fotos of ancient ritual ( bell-men)in eastern Macedonia.Every January -for the fertility of land and averting the evil.
by system1988
Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:27 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??
Replies: 6
Views: 4647

Re: Arrian's 'Darters' and 'Targeteers' ??

Nicator wrote:I presently have them written as 'skirmishers' and may leave it at that with a footnote. Thanks for the info. :lol:
With all reservations and thanks in advance for this but who is Christakis whose words you quote? Is he a writer? I could not find him anywhere.
by system1988
Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:17 am
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: After 1300 years...
Replies: 0
Views: 4476

After 1300 years...

WWWThe Metropolitan Museum of Art .The Calf-bearer 570 BC and the Kritios Boy 490 BC..." the sun had not shone upon them for some thirteen hundred years'...
1864 Acropolis ,Athens.
And after that discovery ( among one million things) , 'Kritios boy' changed the history of Sculpture.
by system1988
Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Lecture
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Re:i wish you all were there !

Thank you for your comment and congratulations for the effort to understand me.I am embarrassed for this ,but i must tell you whatever i remember : Ms Kottaridou ( one of the most prominent archaeologists globaly in matter of ancient Macedonia) was a guest in the museum , so no copies no photo, no v...
by system1988
Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Lecture
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Lecture

Tonight I attended a lecture by Ms Kottaridou. ( Museum of Cicladic Art ) The issue was the last excavations in the Hellenistic Kindoms all over Asia. God the extraordinary things they have been discovered in all Alexandrias in Asia and in the Emirates ... GOD !Among other things she said about the ...
by system1988
Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:34 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Brussels,exhibition, 2014
Replies: 2
Views: 2380

Re: Brussels,exhibition, 2014

Thanks for your comment.This is an exhibition for the Greek Presidency of the European Union, with the participation of Greek artists also No captions in this publication.Sorry for my english
Pauline
by system1988
Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:06 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Combs an everyday item!
Replies: 1
Views: 2150

Combs an everyday item!

www.lifo.gr
Pauline
by system1988
Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:58 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: Brussels,exhibition, 2014
Replies: 2
Views: 2380

Brussels,exhibition, 2014

http://WWW.lifo.gr
Brussels.Exhibition:Nautilus, travelling in Greece.
Pauline
by system1988
Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:09 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Christmas Present
Replies: 8
Views: 7974

Re: Christmas Present

Alexias, as usual your remarks are valuable and insightful.
I don 't believe it either- that the head belongs to Hephaestion. But its rather simpe: I will contact with the researcher and if she is kind enough to do so, I shall learn the motives behind her bold hypothesis (even with a questionmark)
by system1988
Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:57 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Christmas Present
Replies: 8
Views: 7974

Re: Christmas Present

Thank you so much for your reply. I think it's something that a lot are interested in. I enjoyed most of all the "Philip's Royal Palace in Aegae" chapter as well as the very interesting remarks, like the fact that the cups found in Philip's tomb were made to hold a lot less wine in them th...
by system1988
Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:53 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Christmas Present
Replies: 8
Views: 7974

Christmas Present

Hey all The text is the work of a very distinuished scientist who has specialized (among other many things) on the palace of Aegae by proposing new theories about it. Some of the photos you are sure to have seen before but others are completely new, even to me. Merry Christmas to all Pauline Link ht...
by system1988
Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: A little known oath
Replies: 12
Views: 10902

Re: A little known oath

http://rogueclassicism.com/2013/11/21/l ... f-plataea/

Here is a link of a second (?) lecture by Paul Cartledge
by system1988
Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:08 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: A little known oath
Replies: 12
Views: 10902

Re: A little known oath

Thank you very much Alexias.Just a little correction in the text you sent: The place the stele was found on is unknown, its just kept in the museum of Acarnai.This is the foto of the stele that contains the two oaths , the oath of the Athenian epheboi, and the oath of the Plataia. http://s1246.photo...
by system1988
Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:14 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: A little known oath
Replies: 12
Views: 10902

Re: A little known oath

Thank you all for the information and the really rare photo of the head of the snake. To the Agesilaos: The great victory was celebrated with a monument erected in Delfi that beared the names of all the cities who stood against the Persians.Its the one in the photo of Marcus.Thank God at least the s...